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CF SD cards
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Tim Dolan (Longwatcher)
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Unless they have done something wierd with the 1DM3 since last I looked, you can use either or both or have it switch from one to the other when one is full.
With my 1DsMkII, I personally routinely use the CF cards and keep the SD card in the camera for unexpected opportunities that come up when the CF card is full.
With my 1DsMkII, I personally routinely use the CF cards and keep the SD card in the camera for unexpected opportunities that come up when the CF card is full.
Nill Toulme
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It can be used any number of ways or not at all. You can have it switch from one to the other when the first is full, or backup files to both cards, or write RAW to one card and jpg to the other, and maybe some other options that I've forgotten.
I keep an 8GB CF and a 4GB SD in my Mark II. I can shoot almost 1500 RAW frames at a soccer match without having to open the camera in the field.
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I keep an 8GB CF and a 4GB SD in my Mark II. I can shoot almost 1500 RAW frames at a soccer match without having to open the camera in the field.
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I planned on using a 8GB CF but didn't know what to do with the SD. 1500 RAWs WOW!!! I won't have to pick and choose so much at the horse shows anymore.
Nill Toulme
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Well, the Mark III's RAW files will be 25% bigger, but 16GB CF's and 8GB SD's are becoming more readily available... ;-)
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Alan T. Price
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Others have answered your question but let me add a few comments.
If you are shooting something as precious as a wedding that really matters and cannot be repeated, then there is merit in using both the SD and CF cards simultaneously with one as a backup for the other.
You may also find that the SD cards work a little faster than the CF cards, so perhaps they should be the primary card in a single-card setup if speed is your main concern. However, I find them to be a little flimsy and seemingly if not actually more fragile than a CF card, so I generally use the CF card and keep the SD as an in-camera spare.
If you are shooting something as precious as a wedding that really matters and cannot be repeated, then there is merit in using both the SD and CF cards simultaneously with one as a backup for the other.
You may also find that the SD cards work a little faster than the CF cards, so perhaps they should be the primary card in a single-card setup if speed is your main concern. However, I find them to be a little flimsy and seemingly if not actually more fragile than a CF card, so I generally use the CF card and keep the SD as an in-camera spare.
Nill Toulme
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Not to mention the pesky little devils are so easy to lose. I don't even like to take them out of the camera in the field, only in my office... and even then I lost one this week for a couple days when it sneakily slipped itself under one of my keyboards!
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